A卷
独立口语
1. Your friend is planning to work for a year before entering university, give your opinion about his plan.
2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It’s a good idea for first year students to join a sport club of any other kind of campus organization.
综合口语
Task 3
Reading:
Proposal: Students should be allowed to bring their laptops to class
Reason 1: Easier to take notes, students can better concentrate on the lecture
Reason 2: Easier to look things up Listening:
The man disagrees
Reason 1: Laptops can be distracting, students might use the internet or send emails Reason 2: Not everyone has a laptop to bring to class
Task 4
Reading:
Definition: Agonistic behavior, animals of same species compete for territory or food, but they don't hurt each other.
Example: Two rattlesnakes both spotted food in a hole, and they started fighting to take control of each other, but they wouldn't bite each other, and the winner would let the loser go.
Task 5
Problem: The woman wants to throw a party at her apartment for her friend, but the heating system broke down.
Solution 1: They can go to an Italian restaurant
Pro:/
Con: Too expensive
Solution 2: Have the party at home
Pro:/
Con: People will have wear more clothes to keep themselves warm
Task 6
Two strategies of addressing customers concern.
Example 1: Emphasize on special features, if a customer is concerned about the price of the laptop, the salesman should concentrate on telling the customer how fast and efficient the laptop is
Example 2: Demonstrate in front of the customers
口语B 卷
独立口语
1. Describe a person you enjoy talking to, it could be a family or a friend. Explain why you like talking to this person.
2. Some people prefer to watch a sport game from the audience seat, others prefer to be in the sport field and compete with others. Which do you prefer to do?
综合口语
Task 3
Reading:
Announcement: The university is going to open up dancing classes to students and the first class is for free.
Listening:
The woman agrees.
Reason 1: Dancing is fun and students can really get some exercise.
Reason 2: The demo class is pretty good because it,s time-saving and won't cause students to waste money.
Task 4
Reading:
Definition: Natural passage way.
Example: In Australia, bears suffered from food insufficiency because people built highway and it divided the forest into two halves. To solve the problem, people built a bridge over the highway and planted trees on the bridge to make the bridge look like part of the forest, then bears started going over the bridge to reach out for the other half of the forest to search for food.
Task 5
Problem: The man is the manager of a concert and they are sending some equipment but the truck broke down.
Solution 1: Find a volunteer to carry the equipment with him
Pro: lt’s not a long way
Con: It will be pretty tiresome
Solution 2: Rent a car
Pro:/
Con: Expensive
Task 6
Utility form and utility of place.
Utility form: the product should have the features that the customers need, for instance winter coat should be warm and waterproof.
Utility of the place: the product should be sold at the place where customers need it. For example winter coats in Alaska are needed as winter there is cold; but on a tropic island, winter is not that cold, so the sales won't be that good either.